to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated
every evening; every night
to offer; to sacrifice; to dedicate
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
just the other day; quite recently
preparation; arrangements
basket; basketball; basket cloth
unknown; obscure; insignificant
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
to boil water; to get the bath ready
washing (esp. dishes and laundry)
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
to assign; to allot; to allocate; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
to state one's opinion; to offer one's opinion; to opine
to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)
to do without being seen (by); to do behind (someone's) back; to do without the knowledge of (e.g. one's parents)
long illness; protracted illness
thaw; defrosting; decompression (e.g. of a file); unpacking; extracting
one place; the same place; (arch.) one person
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
gap; break; pause; interval; cut; incision
standing on formality; in a reserved manner; treating a friend as a stranger; unduly distant; formal
to resume breathing; to come around; to come back to life
shivering (with cold); trembling (with fear); shuddering
patient; unhurried; leisurely
to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind